Looking Ahead

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This page contains a tentative plan for the course. Please do not get too far ahead of yourself since this is a short course, and since plans may change based on time constraints and the overall needs of the class. Thanks!



Week 6: 8/12/11 - 8/18/11
  • Concept Map Peer Review
  • Student option to include a Google resource we haven't used yet


Week 5: 8/5/11 - 8/11/11

Assignment 1
  • Complete this survey form as you review at least 2 of your peers Jing or Voicethread assignments which are available on our discussion forum.
  • More class technology tools: introduction to concept or "mind" mapping (Please pay particular attention to proprietary programs vs. open source applications)
  • Sample screenshots of some McHugh activities
  • Participants should download a FREE trial version of a program if needed. (If you have Inspiration, that will suit our needs; if not, you can download a free trial version. (In the future, if you are interested in having students work collaboratively on concept maps, you may want to use one of the free open source apps found at the "mind" mapping link above.)
  • Try out the program features and consider possible activity ideas for your class
  • Assignment for next week:
    1. Generate a concept map activity for your class using one of the websites provided at the link above. There are many possibilities. I suggest either fill-in or matching where you provide all necessary info and students put it in a logical (correct) order, or exploratory where students actually gather and insert images, text, ideas, etc. to create the concept map. Here is the tentative review form that will be used.
    2. Up until now with my classes I've personally been using mywebspiration.com which I believe is no longer free. What a shame, because this thing was like a combination of Google Docs and Inspiration!
    3. Post the link to your student concept map activity as a response to the appropriate discussion topic this week (*Please make sure the link works)

Assignment 2
  • Social networking via Edmodo in the K-12 Classroom
  • Create an account (I think you should select "I'm a Teacher" so that you can use the same account later with your own students)
  • Perform a search to see if your school district has an edmodo group
  • Read or watch reviews of edmodo to see what it's all about and what some teachers are doing with it
  • Practice using the features of edmodo (Edmodo Help Menu)
  • Post a response to the appropriate discussion of this topic